UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has extended for a year the mandate of top peacekeeping official and senior Indian diplomat Atul Khare. The mandate for Khare, the Under-Secretary-General for Field Support, will be extended till April 1, 2018. The mandates of senior officials working in the peace and security pillar Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman, Assistant-Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support Oscar Fernandez-Taranco have also been extended.

The northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 200 million people, will go to the polls next month. But much of the election has focused on the unlikeliest of objects - the humble bicycle. The BBC's Ayeshea Perera explains why.

No questions will be asked if the old currency is deposited in one go, but repeated deposits will raise queries: Arun Jaitley
Please go and deposit old currency you have because there is no scope now for using any old currency as all exemptions are over: Jaitley